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2019 Brunello di Montalcino, Lisini, Tuscany, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Sangiovese
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Product: 20191100772
2019 Brunello di Montalcino, Lisini, Tuscany, Italy

Description

This sees a long fermentation and maceration in cement before 42 months in large, old Slavonian oak botti. There will be no Ugolaia in 2019, so all of the prized fruit destined for Lisini’s top cru finds itself in the Brunello. This decision will be music to the ears of Lisini fans, and makes this an unquestionably essential cellar addition.?Flavours centred around dark berry fruit and black cherry, with fresh thyme. Liquorice notes add a beautiful lift, alongside deeper tones of cacao and spice. Alongside this, there are fine-grained, melded tannins and a bold structure. There is a unique intensity to the 2019. Carlo says that, if kept correctly, this will live forever. Longevity can be found aplenty; its real glory days will come to pass in 10 or so years.

Drink 2026 - 2045

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Sangiovese
Body Full Bodied
Producer Lisini, Tuscany

About this wine

Sangiovese

A black grape widely grown in Central Italy and the main component of Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano as well as being the sole permitted grape for the famed Brunello di Montalcino.
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Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino

Along with Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino is Tuscany's most famous DOCG and its boldest expression of the Sangiovese grape. Located 30 miles south of Siena, its 2,000 hectares of vines are hemmed in by the Orcia, Asso and Ombrone valleys. Brunello is the local name for the Sangiovese Grosso clone from which Brunello di Montalcino should be made in its entirety. The wine cannot be released for sale until five years after the harvest.
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Lisini, Tuscany

The history of Lisini dates to the time of the Medicis. This is one of Montalcino’s oldest estates, and a founding member of the Corsorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino. Lisini is one of the few producers in Sant’Angelo in Colle, in the south-west of Montalcino. The proximity here to Maremma gives maritime breezes warding against summer heat, which is especially important in as hot and dry a year as 2017. Thick woodland, olive groves and wild scrubs surround the 25 hectares under vine – a rural haven of the region’s finest terroir. An ancient river system sculpted the area, and with it the complex soils in Lisini’s vineyards. Fossil laced sand, clay and iron-rich soils, paired with altitudes of 300-400 metres, all play a leading role in the unique personality of Lisini’s wines.
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